Roundy Research Group

Welcome!

The Roundy research group studies the properties of condensed matter
systems including liquid water, superconductors and nanotubes using
first-principles computational methods. Currently, we are focusing on
the creation of a classical density functional to describe water, and
application of this approach to aqueous interfaces and systems in
aqueous solution. For more information, see the
slides from my colloquium in fall 2012.
Undergraduates might also like to see the
slides from my presentation at the
freshman seminar.

My second research emphasis has been in the development of
computational physics laboratory courses and understanding student
learning of thermodynamics. For more information, see my education
page.

In addition to our Physics research, we have also occasionally taken a
jaunt into the world of Computer Science. In particular, we are have
used the pure functional language Haskell to
solve interesting problems, in particular involving the
darcs revision control system. For more
information, see the slides from a
colloquiem given in the Computer Science department in fall 2006. In
addition, our current research code, Deft uses Haskell to
automatically generate C++ code to evaluate gradients.